Table 2.
Work duration and intensity.
| Industry/Activity |
Duration, min |
Hprod, W |
HR, bpm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | |||
| Sheep shearing | 600 | 390–410 | — |
| Horse back Mustering | ≈300 | 363 | — |
| Construction | |||
| Carpenters | 420 | 159–244 | 93 (78–115)# |
| Laying and tying steel reinforcing | — | — | 104 (12) |
| Mine construction | — | — | — |
| Defense | |||
| 5 km march, load 40 kg | 51 | 760 | — |
| 10 km, 5.5 kh−1, load 42 kg | 110 | 600 | 166 (157–178) |
| 5 km, load 20 kg, 55 min | 48 (4.4) | 570 | — |
| 20 km, load 35 kg, 4.0 h | 236 | 590 | — |
| 15 km march (August) | 165 | 600 | 150 (14) |
| 15 km march (November) | 165 | 600 | 155 (12) |
| Patrol & Recon, load 30 kg | 600–720 | 700–870 | 120–160 |
| Tank crews | — | — | |
| Exterior (June) | 3660 (61 h) | — | — |
| Interior (June) | ” | — | — |
| Exterior (September) | 3600 | — | <100 |
| Interior (September) | ” | — | <100 |
| Jungle Patrol | |||
| No body armour, load 21 kg | 300 | — | 99 (12) |
| With body armour, load 29 kg | 284 | — | 98 (7) |
| Emergency services | |||
| Medical emergency resp team | 150 | — | 100–120 |
| Search and Rescue | 240 | — | |
| Heat acclimatised | ” | — | 141 (17) |
| Non-heat acclimatised | ” | — | 136 (17) |
| Prescribed burns | 720 | — | — |
| Day 1 | ” | — | — |
| Day 2 | ” | — | — |
| Bush fire, fireline constr. | |||
| With fire (F) | 87 (42) | 406–519 | 157 |
| Without fire (NF) | 157 (36) | 493–630 | 149 |
| Maintenance | |||
| Power station maintenance | 420 | — | 96 (14) |
| Council workers | 360 | 115–595 | 90 (28) |
| Railway track maintenance | 192–312 | ||
| Day 1 | 570 | “ | 106 (97–121)# |
| Day 2 | 570 | “ | 96 (84 –117)# |
| Day 3 | 450 | “ | 97 (89–107)# |
| Electrical utility | — | ||
| (NT North) | 480–720 | — | 104 (14) |
| (NT South) | 480–720 | — | 104 (14) |
| Mining | — | ||
| Open cut mine processing | 720 | — | — |
| Shipping/processing port | 720 | — | 86 (15) |
| Surface mine. Blast crew | 720 | — | 120 (20) |
| Deep mine. 1200—1600 m | 450–600 | — | — |
| Machinery operators | — | — | — |
| Various | — | — | |
| Light manual work A | — | — | 88 (7) |
| Light manual work B | — | — | 90 (10) |
| Others | |||
| Zinc cathode strip | 180–360 | 442 | 115 (106–122)# |
| Lead/zinc process operators | 420 | 194–269 | 87 (73–103)# |
#
Indicates P60: heart rate measured 60 seconds after pause in activity.